The third Sunday before Lent
Sung Eucharist for the third Sunday before Lent
Today at 10.00 am · Watch the service · View the order of service
Other services
Said Eucharist
This Wednesday 19 February at 10.00 am
Sung Eucharist for the second Sunday before Lent
Next Sunday 23 February at 10.00 am · Watch the service · View the order of service
Lent talks: "We believe…"
Lent begins on 5 March this year. Look out for information about our Ash Wednesday services and our Pancake Social coming soon! 2025 also marks the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, a meeting of Christian bishops, convened by the Emperor Constantine, which took place in the town of Nicaea (now Iznik in Turkey) between May and July 385 CE. Its aim was to obtain consensus about core Christian beliefs, and one of its products was a first version of the Nicene Creed, which we say almost every week in this church and which is said in Christian churches throughout the world. Our series of Lent talks this year will focus on aspects of the Creed, offering an opportunity to think more deeply about the words that we repeat each week, which encapsulate what it means to be a Christian.
All the talks will take place in church at 7.00 pm and will be followed by Compline, which will end at about 8.15 pm.
- 12 March – The Right Reverend Arun Arora, Bishop of Kirkstall: We believe in the Holy Spirit
- 19 March – The Very Reverend Andew Nunn, former Dean of Southwark: For us and for our salvation
- 26 March – The Very Reverend Simon Cowling, Dean of Wakefield: Begotten not made
- 2 April – The Reverend Dr Janet Williams, Vice-Principal, St Hild College: He will come again in glory
- 9 April – The Reverend Dr Claire Honess, Vicar of Whitkirk: We believe in one […] Church
All are welcome!
Junior Choir
Our Junior Choir will be back for another set of five rehearsals on 11, 18, and 25 March and 1 and 8 April. The Junior Choir will then join us in church (and in procession!) to sing with us at our Palm Sunday service on 13 April. Please tell anyone you know with children in Years 3 to 6 about the Junior Choir. We’d love to have some more members when we meet again.
Confirmations
We are hoping to bring candidates to the diocesan confirmation service at Ripon Cathedral on 1 June. If you are interested in being confirmed, please speak to Claire. There will be some preparation sessions beforehand; details to follow, depending on how many people are interested.
Visit to the National Memorial Arboretum
Our visit to the National Memorial Arboretum to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War is now confirmed as taking place on 13 May. Please sign up in the Community Centre after the service if you would like to be part of this trip.
Pancake Party
Tuesday 4 March at 5.30 pm
St Mary's Church Whitkirk Community Centre
Join us on Shrove Tuesday, for a pancake party! There will be pizza and pancakes, with toppings (syrup, chocolate sauce, squirty cream, sugar & lemon) provided – though you are also welcome to bring your own.
Games for the children, quizzes, hot and cold drinks, and loads of fun guaranteed. All free. Come and get ready for Lent in the traditional way!
The Church family
For your prayers
The sick
- Dominic
- Jean
- Michael
- Billy
- Michelle
- Tom
- Jean
- Shirley
- Kim
- Mona
Those in long-term care
- Jennifer
- Ginny
- George
- Margaret
Recently died
- Ben Webster
Anniversary of death
- Marjorie Carroll